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ABSTRACT
Author: Onginjo Stephen
Title of Thesis: Illiteracy among the Maasai men In Kajiado North District
Pages: (+appendixes 83+2)
Thesis Description: The thesis researches on the reasons the roots of illiteracy among the maasai men in Kajiado North District in Kenya.

Theoretical summary: Illiteracy is defined as "The inability to read and write a simple message in any language. It is also termed as the condition or quality of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. There are quite a number of certain kinds of illiteracy that are such as, cultural illiteracy and scientific illiteracy. Education is today recognized as essential as underscored in the Kenyan policy statement: education is necessary in generating a pool of highly qualified personnel in various specialized skills. Greater numbers of graduates will generate the potential for promoting higher productivity of capital and other resources in their individual, capacities to enhance poverty reduction, and sustain livelihood.

Methodological summary: The research method was both qualitative and quantitative using focused interviews and inductive content analysis, such as questionnaires, discussion materials, internet sources and observations. Both the questionnaires and the personal interviews were conducted on a one to one basis with the respondents.

Main results: Currently, illiteracy is still rampant in many parts of the republic of Kenya. These are mainly due to factors such as the economical situation of the area, poverty, unequal distribution of resources, political patronage, ignorance as well as cultural reasons.

Conclusions: The vision 2030 by the Kenyan government against an illiterate free state can still be achieved if the state can in co-operate all the stake holders towards eradicating this common enemy of development.
The Government needs to first put its house in order in order to achieve this goal as explained in this research paper.